Discrimination of temporally asymmetric modulation with triangular envelopes on a broadband-noise carrier (L).
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SUBMITTER: Byrne AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3070990 | biostudies-other | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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